Side framing for sleighs.



P. H. CUMMINS.

SIDE FRAMING POR SLBIGHS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1011.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1911.

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PATRICK HENRY CUMMINS, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

SIDE FRAMING FOR SLEIGHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed November 17, 1911. Serial No. 660,865.

To all lwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. CUMMINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side Framing for Sleighs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to side framing for sleighs and has for an object to provide a side framing constructed of T-iron or its equivalent and with means for supporting a bolster.

A further object of the invention is to provide a side framing for a sleigh constructed of T-iron having the web offset from the line of the center, either by forming the flanges of unequal width or by inclining the web from a perpendicular.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved supporting means for the center or upstanding portion of the knee member.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for attaching a shoe to a sleigh runner.

With these and other objects in View the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the side framing which forms the subject matter of this application. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the side framing seen from the side opposite that shown in Fig. 1 and showing a conventional bolster attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the side framing showing the position of a conventional bolster in dotted lines. Fig. t is a detail sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the top bend of the knee. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on line -w of Fig. 2, showing the preferred construction with the web of the T-iron offset from the center forming flanges of unequal widths. Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional View taken on line of Fig. 2 showing. the web offset by being bent from a perpendicular. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of a fragment of a T-iron runner with the web offset locally to permit the passage of a shoe securing bolt centrally through such runner. Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view through a T-iron runner showing the web offset to permit the passage of a bolt throughthe runner and through an attached shoe to be secured by bending over the top of the web.

l Fig. 10 is an inverted plan view of one end l ,of the bolster showing the gains provided to receive the connecting means.

Like characters of reference indicate cor- ;rcsponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved side framing which forms the subject matter of this application comprises a runner shown as a whole at 10 constructed of T-iron, such runner being curved at the forward end, as at 11, preferably on the arc ofa circle, with the web 12 of the T1ron on the upper side of the runner proper and the inner side of the curve.

A knee, shown as a whole at 13, is formed by producing reverse segments, as indicated at Figs. 1 and 2, having its upper end formed as indicated especially at Fig. 5 and with lower oppositely extending extremities secured to the runner 10 at spaced points, as by the rivets 14. The knee is also constructed of T-iron and the webs of the knee and of the runner are offset from the line of the center of the flange, as indicated at Fig. 6, or in inclined position as shown at Fig. 7, so that the flanges of both the knee and the runner will register vertically, as indicated in both said Figs. 6 and 7 To support and strengthen the upwardly extending part of the knee a tube or pipe 15 is employed being bifurcated at its lower end as indicated at Fig. 4 and positioned to embrace the web 12 and secured thereto as by the rivet 16. At its upper end the pipe 15 receives a stud 17 which is inserted into the end of such pipe, being formed as a. reverse bend of a rod which, constructed as a Y at 18, is seated in a notch 19 in the web of the knee, such notch being shown in Fig. 5, and embracing the ianges asshown in Fig. 4. The rod is then bent to form a horizontal section 20 for supporting a bolster shown conventionally at 21, and to strengthen and hold the rave and knee in their relative positions, and is further formed in a downwardly extending U 22 to embrace the rear end of the rave in the web of which a notch is formed and into said `notch the U is seated, as shown in Fig. l for supporting the rave shown as a whole at 23, to which it is clamped by a plate 24, shown in section in Fig. 4. The rear end of the rave 23 is further supported by means of braces 25 which are also clamped between the plate 24 and the web of the rave and extend in an inclined position downwardly and are secured to the knee as by the rivets 26.

The rave 23 is likewise constructed of T- iron with the web offset from the line of the center so that where it connects at the forward end with the runner lO it can be secured by a rivet 27 with the flanges of the top of the rave and the bottom of the runner registering. The rave is further strengthened in its position by a brace bar 28 secured as by rivets 29 to the rave and extending backwardly is given a twist as at 30 to form a substantially horizontal plane portion 31 which is seated beneath the bolster 2l.

As it is desirable to have the bolster oscillate relative to the side framing, there has been shown in Figs. 2 and 10 a means for allowing such oscillation consisting of gains 32 cut out from the bolster forming an apex 33 which will permit the bolster to rock and the saine is held in position by means of threaded' extremities 34 formed upon the rod 2O and a longitudinally extending gain accommodates the lateral section of such rod. The angle between the forward end of the rave 23 and the forward end of the runner 10 is preferably strengthened by a brace 35 which is provided with an eye 36 to apply draft to the side frame.

It is desirable to attach a shoe to a runner' constructed in accordance with the foregoing description and for that purpose holes are formed through the runner as indicated at 37 in Fig. l where the web 12 is offset from the center. In employing the ordinary T-iron with the web at the center it is necessary to especially offset a portion of the web, as shown at A38 in Figs. 8 and 9 to receive the holes 37 to permit a bolt to pass therethrough. To secure a shoe in position upon the under side of the runner, which said shoe is shown at 39, the bolt at 40 is bent over to form a hook engaging the top I of web 12.

I claim:

1.1In the side framing of a sleigh, a runner constructed of T-iron with the web odset from the line of the center and a superstructure built upon and connected with the runner and having a web offset reversely from the line of the center with the flanges of the connected parts registering.

2. In the side framing of a sleigh, a runner constructed of T-iron having its. web offset from the line of the center and a knee constructed of T-iron having reversely extending extremities'with webs offset from the line of the center connected with the offset web of the runner and with the flanges of the knee and runner registering.

3. In the side framing of a sleigh, a runner constructed of T-iron having its web offset from the line of the center, a knee constructed of T-iron with the web offset from the line of the center and with the webs of the knee and runner reversed and connected, and a rave constructed of T-iron having its web offset from the line of the center and connected with the offset web of the runner.

4. In the side framing of a sleigh, a runner constructed of T-iron with the web offset from the line of the center and a knee constructed of T-iron with its web offset from the line of the center and formed as the reverse arcs of a circle with the oppositely extending extremities secured by their odset webs to the offset webs of the runner at spaced points. L,

5. In the side framing of a sleigh, a runner constructed of T-iron, a knee constructed of T-iron and' as an upwardly extending loop, a pipe bifurcated at its lower end embracing the web of the runner, a rod constructed as a Y at one end to receive the knee and a stud extended into the upper end of the pipe.

6. In the side framing of a sleigh, a T-iron runner having a portion of the web deflected from the center line and with holes formed through such runner to receive a shoe securing bolt.

A7. In the side aming of a sleigh, a runner composed of T-iron having its web olf! ner, and a boltinserted through the shoe and hole and provided with means bearing upon the top of the runner to maintain such bolt in position. Y

8. Iln the side framing of a sleigh, an upwardly extending knee, a rave spaced laterally from the knee, and a bolster having gains cut in its lower surface inclined in opposite directions from the center and disposed upon the knee and rave and a gain connecting the middle points and the two first mentioned gains.

9. In .the side framing of a sleigh, an upwardly extending knee, a rave spaced laterally from Jche knee, fastening means extending upwardly upon'the exterior sides of the knee and rave, and a bolster having openings to secure the fastening means and gains formed in the under side inclined in opposite directions from the center and receiving the knee and rave, and a gain connecting the two first mentioned gains.

10. In the side framing of a sleigh, a T- iron runner, a T-iron knee secured to the runner and having a notch in the web of the uppermost portion of the knee, a strut bifurcated at its lower end engaging the web of the runner, and a Y-shaped rod inserted in the top of the strut and embracing the web of the knee atthe notch.

11. In the side framing of a sleigh, a T- iron runner, a T-iron knee, a hollow strut engaging at its lower end the runner, a Y- shaped rod inserted in the top of the strut and embracing the web of the knee and positioned in a notch formed in the under side of the web of such knee, and a bolster secured to the Y-shaped rod.

l2. In the side framing of a sleigh, a. T- iron runner, a T-iron knee, a T-iron rave, provided with a notch, Voffset laterally from the center of the knee, a Y-shaped rod having its lower end supported above the runner and one extremity engaging the notch of the rave.

18. In the side framing of a sleigh, a T- iron runner having its web offset from the center, a T-iron knee havin its web offset from the center with the we s connected in reverse order so that the flanges of the knee and the runner register, a brace inserted between the runner and the upwardly extending part of the knee, a brace offset inwardly from the top of said first mentioned brace, and a T-iron rave having its web offset from the center and connected with the offset web at the front end of the runner in reverse position so that the flanges register, said rave being also bent and supported by the extremity of the last mentioned brace.

In testimony whereof I atix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK HENRY CUMMINS.

Witnesses:

MATTHEW KAVANAGH, SOPHIE R. MCFARLAN.

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